NO HOPE.
ENTOMBED MINERS DOOMED. HEROIC RESCUE WORK FAILS. DEATH OF A RESCUER. London, March l>. Repeated heroic effort" to rescue the miners entombed at colliery have failed. The position of the men is considered to be hopeless. Welsh) - , one of the rescuers, provided with breathing apparatus, tried to descend, but collapsed, and died owing to the oxygen becoming exhausted. Twenty-one miners were imprisoned, a fire having been started in the mine by a candle, knocked orer by an earthquake.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 67, 9 March 1908, Page 3
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80NO HOPE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 67, 9 March 1908, Page 3
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